Using common shortcuts

…As educators, time is always a precious commodity.…I've never met an educator who didn't tell me they…needed more time in the day to get stuff done.…One way that you can save yourself time, especially working…inside of Google Apps, is to learn some basic keyboard shortcuts.…Keyboard shortcuts allow us to do some really…quick functions simply by hitting a couple of…keys on the keyboard, as opposed to having…to navigate with the mouse and do multiple clicks.…Even though it might take you a few…extra minutes to learn some of these keyboard shortcuts,…the more and more you use them, the faster your productivity will become.…When it comes to using keyboard shortcuts with…Google Apps for Education, there are two kinds…of shortcuts There's a variety of shortcuts that…are automatically enabled that you can just use.…

And, there's also some shortcuts that need to be enabled, or…you need to turn them on in order to use them.…For example, let's go and click the Compose button.…Now, right away it brings me to a To…line, and I can go and start typing someone's name.…

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11/21/2013

Google Apps has been embraced by millions of schools and campuses, but is your classroom getting the most from it? Join educator Aaron Quigley as he shows K–12 teachers how to use Google Apps for Education to streamline communication, save time, and increase content mastery. Administrators can learn how to set up Apps for Education, verify your domain name, and add users, while teachers learn how to sort personal from school email, set up email signatures, add events to calendars, and create lesson plans with Google Drive. Administrators and teachers alike can learn how to set up custom Google sites for collaboration with parents and students, and extend Google Apps with apps like YouTube and Google Scholar.